AuthorTopic: 900 Page Beatle Book! (Read 5541 times)

Just thought you all might want to look into this stunning Beatle book! Traces the lads heritage back through a couple of generations and is written more as a "History book" than a musical one! It's being released with a $39.99 price point! Goes into explicit detail about recording of numerous Beatle songs that in itself is worth the price. Just look on some book sites for the name of it lost the article about it!!!!!!

No nitpicking mistakes I have read about on Amazon.com, instead basic historic clunkers a "101" fan would make out from the sky. Stuff that makes you go "how can I trust the rest?" (...900 pages, small types!)I don't remember the examples, but go read some of the negative reviews: those sure cool you off a bit!

Am always very sceptical if someone comes out with a new book about them guys. You can't believe anything, no matter who the author is. IMHO it's just another book written by another person with a different point of view. Same as Goldman, Cynthia, Peter Brown, Hunter Davies.....ad infinitum.

There are certainly books I enjoy reading but in the end it's always up to the readers rationality and comprehension to choose from all given information whether they might be true or not.The only ones who could tell how it really was are the guys themselves. And I don't even think they would always tell the truth about certain things - they're only human as anybody else

....let me take you down.....nothing is real....Always, no sometimes, think it's me, but you know I know when it's a dream.I think I know I mean a 'Yes' but it's all wrong, that is I think I disagree....

I know Goldman's one-sided, but it is an excellent read in terms of cast of characters. He does tend to reduce the players to caricatures from a 1930s MGM Musical, but it's fun in a perverse way that the hagiographic bios aren't.

Spitz seems to be covering alot of old ground without adding that much more new or exciting. Lewisohn, A Day in the Life and Revolution in the Head seem alot more worthwhile even though they're not bios. As sources they all give Paul his due, which I don't think any of the Beatles bios tend to do. Maybe with the exception of Davies, but it's more publicity than bio.